Sir,
When you are in procurement---it is good to be honest---but you need to be a shyster as well---you have to have larceny in you as well.
The air commodore never looked at the over all scenario---what would 10 mil a pop do---so instead of 40 aircraft---there were 30 aircraft available.
We are now begging for 8 here---9 there---14 there----10 somewhere else---.
A similar thing happened with the submarine deal in the 90's---navy was going for the british subs---Benazir came and cancelled the deal and bought the french subs---she made money---we later found out that the british subs would hardly sail for 10 years and the french subs gave us almost twice as long a service---.
Honesty is for innocent people---when you are in position to buy weapons---honesty is not the only thing that you have to look at.
You have to be HONEST TO THE DEAL---meaning what you are buying is going to do what it was promised that it would do with out a compromise.
@araz ---it is next to impossible for you to understand that concept---because that is what I have been repeating for the last 10 years---and you have still been repeating your story for the similar time---.
It is about time that you started ' learning ' my man---. Maybe you need to find and older Yehudi / Jew and ask---what exorbitant prices the israelis paid for their weapons after the second world war---and who did they pay the bribes nd bakhshish to----.
Hi,
And my pakistani brethren---still come out with the HONESTY approach---or the 10 million bribe a piece---thoughtless little children.
What does honesty or outrageous price count in a POTENT weapons deal---nothing ---- zilch --- nada.
What price would Qaddaffi had paid for 10 pakistani nucs----10 bil---20 bil---50 bil.